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Check out our final newsletter of 2016 for stories on #farmworkers, #energy, #nail #salons, #tribal lands, and more! #HappyHolidays!

In early December, EPA officials served field workers at the Annual Farmworkers Appreciation Breakfast in Imperial County, Calif. EPA attended the event to inform workers about the improved Worker Protection Standard.EPA is implementing stronger protections for the nation’s two million agricultural…
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What are you doing to make your #holidays #green? Check out these ideas and have a wonderful #winter #season!

Go Green for the Holidays. Go Green for 2017!
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Are you ready for #winter #weather conditions? Check out our Natural Disasters site to learn what to do to prepare for #snow an #ice!

What we do during severe winter conditions can create certain environmental problems, indoors or out. Learn more about reducing risks when severe...
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Nuestra nueva Norma de Protección Agrícola mantendrá a los trabajadores agrícolas más seguros! Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (U.S. EPA en español) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Featuring Maricruz Ramirez representing Lideres Campesinas at the Farmworker Appreciation Breakfast in Calexico, CA. (Click on CC button above for English tr...
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Did you know this week is National #Handwashing Awareness Week? It's a good time to remember that washing #hands is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of #germs, including those that cause the common #cold! Learn more about how to thoroughly wash your hands!

Information about handwashing and hand hygiene
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Did you know this week is National #Handwashing Awareness Week? It's a good time to remember that washing #hands is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of #germs, including those that cause the common #cold! Learn more about how to thoroughly wash your hands!

Information about handwashing and hand hygiene
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Did you know this week is National #Handwashing Awareness Week? It's a good time to remember that washing #hands is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of #germs, including those that cause the common #cold! Learn more about how to thoroughly wash your hands!

Information about handwashing and hand hygiene
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Did you know this week is National #Handwashing Awareness Week? It's a good time to remember that washing #hands is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of #germs, including those that cause the common #cold! Learn more about how to thoroughly wash your hands!

Information about handwashing and hand hygiene
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We had a great time at the farm worker appreciation breakfast in Calexico, sharing information about the new #WorkerProtection standard!

Farmworker Appreciation Breakfast in Calexico, CA, featuring U.S. EPA's Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Pre...
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Interested in where we have worked to advance clean #water protection, increase the safety of #drinking water and rebuild the nation’s #infrastructure! Check out our interactive map! #EPAWaterProgress EPA Water

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See where we worked near you to advance clean water protection, increase the safety of drinking water and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure! #EPAWaterProgress

Preparing the #Thanksgiving feast? Join our #Food Recovery Challenge Leaders in planning to meet our national goal of reducing food #waste and loss by 50% by 2030. #NoWastedFood

Mathy Stanislaus November 22, 201610:50 am EDT carbon dioxide, food waste, Food Waste Reduction, methane, thanksgiving Nov 22, 2016Recognizing Leaders in Food Waste Reduction this Holiday Season 0 Comments By Mathy Stanislaus In just a few days, households across the nation will celebrate Thanksgivi...
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American Samoa is now achieving 100% Renewable Energy through a solar & battery storage system! EPA supported this effort with a grant to the American Samoa Power Authority - ASPA, the public utility, to help bring clean, reliable power to this rural U.S. territory.

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Check out MWiz – a web #app to help #consumers, #communities and #businesses reduce product environmental impacts throughout their life cycle.

Materials Management is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. EPA’s Materials Management Wizard, or MWiz, provides access to a repository of EPA-sourced materials management tools and resources designed to support and promote sustainable m...
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Today, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we announced our #Food Loss and #Waste #2030Champions! Learn more about these #NoWastedFood leaders!

In November 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formation of the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions group and presented the first set of 2030 Champions.
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Our Air Quality Flag Program alerts organizations to the local #air quality forecast and helps them to take actions to protect #people’s health, including #children and those with ###asthma.

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We're fighting #climate change with better #cars! Passenger #vehicles achieved record-high #fuel economy improvements and outperformed #greenhouse #gas #emission standards in model year 2015.

The 2016 report, available above, supersedes all previous versions of the report. The full 2015 report is available for reference only.
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'EPA visited Van Deene Avenue Elementary School near Torrance, Calif., joined by the California Air Resources Board, the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Los Angeles Unified School District to highlight air filtration systems being installed to protect students’ #health.  The improvements were part of a $400,000 settlement with Halliburton Energy Services over a fleet of diesel trucks that violated California’s Truck and Bus Regulation.  EPA's Alexis Strauss was joined by CARB's Todd Sax and South Coast AQMD's Wayne Nastri at Van Deene. http://bit.ly/2eQa0vl'
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'Today at the 24th Annual Regional Tribal/EPA Conference in San Francisco we announced $62.6 million in funding for #tribes in Arizona, California and Nevada to support environmental programs, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure development, and community education. https://www.epa.gov/tribal/region-9-tribal-program'
'Congratulations @[10111634660:274:UC Berkeley] on your #CampusRainWorks  project which has the potential to conserve stormwater, reduce flooding, and restore the ecological diversity of the area. Read about it... https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/2015-campus-rainworks-challenge#Berkeley'
'Our "Making a Visible Difference in Communities" initiative is supporting the Las Vegas Valley in building #economic success and stronger #communities. EPA partnered with the @[63235616778:274:U.S. Department of Transportation] to fund a peer exchange this week so Las Vegas Valley communities can learn about #transit oriented #development -  compact development located within easy walking distance of public transit, with economic, environmental, and health benefits.  @[39637302228:274:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] @[108081209214649:274:Las Vegas, Nevada]'
'We were so glad to participate in the #Green #California #Schools & #Community #Colleges Summit and Exposition in Pasadena, Calif., last week. Our @[39637302228:274:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] representatives gave presentations on environmental #health and environmental #education.  #ChildrensHealth'
'Did you participate in #WalkToSchoolDay this week?  EPA's Eric Canteenwala met with #students in San Francisco to talk about how biking and walking to #school benefits the #environment. #ChildrensHealth @[39637302228:274:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]'
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